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Read the following statements:
1. Male honeybee develops through arrhenotoky.
2. Arrhenotoky involves the development of egg post-fertilization.
3. Female honeybee develops after fertilization
Choose the correct option:
Option: 1
Statements 1 & 2 are correct
Option: 2
Statement 1 is explained by Statement 2
Option: 3
Statements 1 & 3 are correct
Option: 4
All are correct
Answers (1)
As we have studied in:
Haploid-diploid mechanism of sex determination -
- Hymenopterous insects, such as bees, wasps, and ants, show a unique phenomenon in which an unfertilized egg develops into a male and a fertilized egg develops into a female.
- Therefore, the female is diploid (2N), and the male is haploid (N).
- Males are haploid as they develop parthenogenetically from unfertilized eggs, through a process called arrhenotoky.
- Therefore, sperm are not produced through meiosis.
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Male honeybee develops parthenogenetically (through arrhenotoky) without fertilization of egg. Female honeybee develops after fertilization.
Hence, the correct answer is option c.
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